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Show TEAMS PLAY TO 1 SCORELESS TIE, Dozen Men Injured in Rough Notre Dame -Army Contest BY GEORGE BARRY (International News Service.) WEST POINT, N. Y, .Nov. 11. They may hove signed an armistice and ceased fighting four years ago today, but the news has never reached South Bend, Ind., and est Point, N. Y. For four bitterly fought periods! the undefeated Army and Notre Dame! football teams, slammed each other from pillar to post on tho plains this! afternoon, and at the end, as the shades of darkness were stealing across the field they wore forced to c all it quits. Neither sldo scored and the ninth Intersoctlonal struggle between be-tween the Cadets and tho Irish went down In tho book a nothing to nothing tie. It was one of the roughest, hardest, hard-est, fastest football games ever played at the Point, or on any football field. Hofore Referee Ed Thorp blew the final v. iu.stle a dozen men h id n tin d from the game on account of Injuries, In-juries, and Thorp himaell had a broken finger. It was a game that1 kept the 25.000 spectators on their toes instead of in their seats. ARMY BEST AT FIRST. The adota were mui h the heavier team, but what tho weaterners lacked' In weight they made up In in.; fluht Notre Dame uncorked a brilliant bril-liant attack at sc.eral stages of the game, but always they lacked sufficient suf-ficient drl.e to cross the Army's goal ! lino. Castner, tho brilliant Notre Dame fullback twice tried drop kicks from the center of the field in she I desperation, but each time the ball fell short. The first half of the game was a nip and tuck fight with the Army clearly having the advantage. Twice , during the half, once in h nerlod tho Cadets drove down tlo leld within 20 yards of the Notre panic goal, but in each ln.-.tnnce the Irish stiffened and stopped them dead. Once they h( Id for dow ns, another time an Army forward pass which grounded behind their goal gave them the ball. NOTRE DAME RAIiLIES. If the first half of the game was the Army's, the second half was Notre Dame's The Irish started the third period with a whirlwind att.o k, but the Cadets had enough left to stop every onslaught Give and take, t tubal! tu-bal! surged up and down tho field, ending finally In Notre Dame's possession pos-session on her own -to-vard line. With the toot of the whistle starting start-ing the final period Notre Dame began be-gan her supreme effort. It was a slap hang football game from the word go A long forward pass, ( rowley to Castner. Cast-ner. netted 10 yards. Another quick pass, Stuhldrohr to McNully, gained ilvo more. Crowley found a hole in the Army line for seven yards anil then the hard hitting Castner brought those In tho stands to their feet, with a brllllnnt end run that placed the ball on Army's 16-yard line. Crowley dived Into the Army line for another precious yard. Blilh i found a hole through right center for four more, and then the mighty Castner was called upon again He responded brilliantly by putting the ball on Army's four-yard line. SUPREME EFFORT. On the next play with only four yards separating the Irish from the Cadets' goal. Crowley lunged at tho line supremely. He hit the line so hard that It Jarred the ball from his clutch and It rolled crazlly away amid a mad scramble of arms and leg.3. Lawrence of the Army, fell upon it. A moment later Wood's powerful leg had hooted It back out of danger and the two teams resumed their biff bang battle in mid-field. It was a sickening Ions for the Irish, hut the fact they had shot their holt in that one big rush was evident during dur-ing the remainder of the game. Army marched on down the field in a series of brilliant parses, engineered by Wood and Smyths in the final moments mo-ments They worker! the ball to Notre Dame's 30-yard line, from which point Garblsch attempted a goal from placement It failod Just as the final whistle- bP w. Brown tho Irish left guard, went out of tho game in the first period with a broken arm. LARGER FIELD NEEDED. Next year's football game between the Army and Notre Dime probably will be played at the Polo Grounds, it was learned here today. The game has become such an Intersoctlonal Inter-soctlonal attraction that the small field here at the Point cannot accommodate accom-modate the thousands who wish to see tho stjruggle. The athletic authorities of hotn schools are understood to have agreed to play next year's game at tho Polo grounds. Lineup; Army. Notre Dame. White Vergera Right end. Mulligan Oberst Right tackle Breidster DcGree Bight guard Garblsch Walsh Center. Farwlck Brown Left guard. Goodman . . Cotten Left tackle. Myers McNully .Left End Smith Thomas Quarterback Tlmberlako Layden Left halfback. Dodd D. Miller Right halfback. Wood . . Castner Fullback. Substitutes: Army Stork for Myers, Iawrenco for Dodd; Dodd for Tlmberlako Notre Dame Collins for McNully; Whrble for Brown; Regan for Walsh; Btuhldrehr for Thomas; erney for Castnerr Crowley for Layden; 1-iyden for Crowley Referee Thorp (I.r SalloK Umpire Um-pire Costello (Georgetown). |